Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay^{[1, 2]}

1591 - 1649  (58 years)

• Name	Donald Mackay
  Suffix	1st Lord Reay
  Born	Between Feb 1591 and Mar 1591	Farr, Sutherland, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	Strathbeg, Sutherland, Scotland
  	Christening: Sutherland: Durness - Parish Registers, 1764-1814
  Vital	Vital: Sutherland: Durness - Parish Registers, 1764-1814
  Record ID Number	MH:I501614
  _UID	5a983ded3c5041e8999100e0600029a3
  Died	10 Feb 1649	Kopenhagen, Denmark
  	Age: 58
  Buried	Kirkiboll, Sutherland, Schotland, UK
  Person ID	I501614	Gilby main
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Huistean Du MacKay, 13th Baron of Strathnaver,   b. 1559, Farr, Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. Between 2 Sep 1614 and 11 Sep 1614, Tongue, Strathnaver, Scotland  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Lady Jane Gordon,   b. 1 Nov 1574, Dunrobin Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 20 Feb 1615, Strathpeffer, Highlands, Scotland  (Age 40 years)
  Married	Dec 1589
  Record ID Number	MH:F500472
  _UID	5a983de9a7c101e8999100e0600029a3
  Family ID	F500472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Barbara Mackenzie,   b. 1588, Kintail, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1628, Sutherland, Scotland  (Age 40 years)
  Married	Aug 1610	Scotland
  Record ID Number	MH:F500492
  _UID	5a983df1d7efe1e8999100e0600029a3
  Children	1. Iye Mackay,   b. 1611, Strathnaver, Farr, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. 1617, Sutherland Hous, Ayr, Scotland, KA8 8NJ  (Age 6 years)   2. Mary Mackay,   b. 1622, Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. 1666, Sutherland, Scotland  (Age 44 years)   3. Jane Mackay,   b. Abt 1622, Sutherland Hous, Sutherland Hous, Ayr, Scotland, KA8 8NJ ,   d. Abt 1622, Sutherland Hous, Sutherland Hous, Ayr, Scotland, KA8 8NJ  (Age 0 years)   4. Mackay,   b. 1623, Melness, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. 1703  (Age 80 years)   5. John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay, 15th of Strathnaver,   b. Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. 1680, Scotland   6. Hew Mackay,   b. Strathnavar, Farr, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1642, Sutherland, Scotland   7. Lieutenant-Colonel Angus Mackay,   b. Melness, Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. 1703, Scotland
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F500492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Thomson,   d. Jun 1637
  Married	Abt 1631
  Record ID Number	MH:F500496
  _UID	5a983df2ab4f01e8999100e0600029a3
  Children	1. Ann Mackay,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F500496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Marjorie Sinclair,   d. 1720, thurso, Caithness, Scotland
  Married	Abt 1640
  Record ID Number	MH:F500499
  _UID	5a983df2103d31e8999100e0600029a3
  Children	1. William Mackay,   b. Abt 1642,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Charles Mackay,   b. Abt 1644,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Rupert Mackay, (twin of Charles),   b. Abt 1644,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret Mackay,   b. Abt 1646,   d. 1720, Thursoe  (Age 74 years)   5. Christina Mackay,   b. Abt 1648, Bighouse, Sutherland, Scotland ,   d. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F500499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  a Scottish soldier and member of Parliament. He played a prominent role in the Thirty Years' War, raising a regiment of 3,000 men, which served in both the Danish and Swedish forces. He was later an unwilling Covenanter. He was the fourteenth chief of Clan Mackay, a Highland Scottish clan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S500008] Gilby Web Site, Mark Gilby, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1502119_381539301_381539301/donald-1st-lord-reay-15th-chief-of-mackay-mackay-bt (Reliability: 3). Added by confirming a Smart Match [S500008] Gilby Web Site, Mark Gilby, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1000144_426180351_426180351/donald-mackay-1st-lord-reay-of-strathnaver (Reliability: 3). Added by confirming a Smart Match